Tokyo-based art & technology collective Teamlab seem to be everywhere at the moment with their interactive and immersive environments. This installation, Ever Blossoming Life II – Dark, part of a trio with Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders and Flowers & People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together, was at Start Art Fair – they also […]
Team Lab at Start Art Fair
Flora by Marcin Rusak seen at Future Heritage, Decorex
One of the favourite elements of Decorex for me is Future Heritage where I sometimes see work from makers I first noticed as students, including Sebastian Cox and Tanya Gomez. Marcin Rusak though, was new to me. He comes from generations of horticulturalists and works with the impermanence of flowers. This screen, for example, is composed of resin encased flowers, […]
Aida Silvestri with Roman Road Gallery at Start Art Fair
More issue-based work was presented by Roman Road Gallery, this time on one of the pressing issues of our times, the refugee crisis. This work, Even This Will Pass, by photographer Aida Silvestri, is a moving document of individual journeys made by Eritrean refugees to the UK. I’ve only included a few shots here but visit the site […]
Work by Batia Shani seen at Start Art Fair
If the Tories’ hero gets it then why can’t Cameron’s lot? Tamar Dresdner Art Projects, a pop-up gallery based in Tel Aviv, showed work by Israeli-born artist Batia Shani. Her expressions of anxiety and fear relating to the region’s conflicts are clear for all to see.
Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (downstairs)
Apologies in advance for the photo quality but it was quite dark down there where everything was on the walls. This isn’t a fully comprehensive view by any means. A cut primed canvas composition by Robert Moon Emma McNally, featured in a previous post, showed 5 framed graphite drawings of remarkable subtlety. David Nash, best known for […]
Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (upstairs)
Since seeing their first collaboration I know that any show curated by Joanna Bryant and Julian Page will be worth visiting and I wasn’t disappointed by this one: the first week of two: Repetition/Variation at the intimate and atmospheric Frameless Gallery in Clerkenwell. Presenting a mix of famous, established and new artists, the exhibition encompasses both 2 and 3 […]